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RAMANATHAPURAM - City Revisited

Ramanathapuram is a City and a Municipality as well and also known as ‘Ramnad’ in short. This is an administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram District situated in Tamil Nadu.

TOURISM:

The people visiting Ramanathapuram use to see the Raja Palace which exists still and is maintained by the former Sethupathi Raja and his family. Ramanathapuram is situated near Rameshwaram and Devipattinam which are considered to be famous pilgrimage centers. As there are a number of Temples, the tourists also pay a visit to these places while coming to Ramanathapuram.

HISTORICAL EVIDENCE:

In the early days of 1520, the Nayaks of Vijayanagar Empire and the Sethupathis took this area under their control and later due to family disputes it has resulted in division of Ramanathapuram. In 1730, Chanda Shahib of Karnataka captured Ramanathapuram and the British supported this. In the year 1910, Ramanathapuram was formed from portions of Madurai and Tirunelveli Districts and named as “Ramnad”. Later it was renamed in Tamil as “Ramanathapuram”. It is to be noted that our former Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam did his shooling at Schwartz Higher Secondary School, Ramanathapuram.

TRANSPORT:

Ramanathapuram is situated on the south east of Tamil Nadu and connected by NH49. This road connects Kochi to Rameswaram and the road NH210 connects Tiruchirapalli and Ramanathapuram. The East Coast Road is the major coastal road of Tamil Nadu which connects Ramanathapuram with Chennai, Pondicherry, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari. Ramanathapuram can also be reached by railroads from the major cities of Indian through Madurai and Tiruchirapalli Junctions. The nearest Airport is in Madurai and frequent flights are there to all major cities of India.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

COLLEGES:

- Mohamed Sathak Engineering College

- Mohamed Sathak Ploytechnic College

- Sethupathi Government Arts & Science College

- Syed Hameedha Arts & Science College

- Syed Ammal Engineering College

- Syed Ammal Arts & Science College

- Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women

SCHOOLS:

- Andrews Girls Higher Secondary School

- A.V.M.S. Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Crescent Matriculation School

- D.D.Vinayagar Higher Secondary School

- Louis Level Matriculation School

- Mohamed Sathak Dasthagir Matriculation School

- National Academy Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Raja Higher Secondary School

- Schwartz Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Syed Ammal Higher Secondary School

- Syed Ammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- VOC Matriculation School, Paramakudi

ASSEMBLY SEGMENTS :

Ramanathapuram is a Lok Sabha Constituency and was composed of the following Assembly Segments before the year 2008.

- Paramakudi

- Ramanathapuram

- Kadaladi

- Mudukulathur

- Aruppukottai

The following are the Assembly Segments which are composed after the year 2008.

- Paramakudi

- Ramanathapuram

- Mudukulathur

- Aranthangi

- Tiruchuli

Ramanathapuram District was a larger one in Tamil Nadu earlier, but later on some of its portions were removed and Sivaganga District was formed. In short, Ramanathapuram is a growing town but it is true that it has a long way to go for development.


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